COMMITTEE FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
INQUIRY INTO DIOXIN CONTAMINATION INCIDENT, DECEMBER 2008
From: Paul Carlisle, Clerk to the Committee
Date: 08 September 2009
To: Committee Members
The Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development agreed to undertake an inquiry into the dioxin contamination incident of December 2008 and agreed the aim and terms of reference for the inquiry at its meeting of 5th May 2009.
Following invitation for submissions, the Committee Support Office received submissions from a number of stakeholders and recommends that the Committee receive oral evidence from:
- Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Food Standards Agency
- Ulster Farmers’ Union
- Northern Ireland Meat Exporters’ Association
The Committee Support Office also requested and received information from
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the Republic of Ireland
- Food Safety Authority Ireland.
If the Committee are content, it is suggested that evidence sessions are held as below:
Stakeholders 1-4: Thursday 29 September 2009 (all day) in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings.
Stakeholders 5 & 6: Thursday 8 October or Friday 9 October 2009 at a hotel conference suite in Dublin.